bloody-minded
1. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate - "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator • Syn: cantankerous • Similar to: stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate • Regions: United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain 2. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed - bloody-minded tyrants - bloodthirsty yells - "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson • Syn: bloodthirsty, sanguinary • Similar to: bloody • Derivationally related forms: bloodthirstiness (for: bloodthirsty)
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